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Big problem--mixi

K

Kaysbunnies

New Kit
Well this is my first and mybe last forum as a bunny owner.
I have 5 rabbits-1 male-ozzy/female-mimi and there 3 babies which are now grown up.
Ozzy is in big run which has been cut in the middle for mimi to be beside him but without anymore than touching.the babies live in a big run close.

Anyway Ozzy(male) has had swollen eyes and head since yesterday and we took him to the vet the tonight and the sad news is he had mixi so we had to do the right thing and put him down before he suffered.

Now we are taking the other 4 to the vets tom to get vaccine to help stop it BUT the vet says it doesnt look good.they have high chance they have it.

Will getting a vaccine stop them from getting it or if they already have it will that give them a fighting chance.

Please i need more info and need advice-i need to know if this will be a waste of time or not

I LOVE MY RABBITS-and raised half of them from pink little rats to fluffy buns they are now:(:cry::?
 
Sadly if your remaining Rabbits are already incubating the disease, which is a real possibility given that Ozzy had it, then Vaccinating them will have no effect :cry: The vaccine takes 14 days to establish a full immune response and will offer no protection to a Rabbit already incubating Myxomatosis.
BUT IMO you have little to loose in vaccinating them,if they are not incubating the disease then they will at least have some protection for the next 6 MONTHS.
It is absolutely ESSENTIAL for them to be re-vaccinated on a 6 monthly basis if they do make it through this crisis.
 
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